Basket-holder.



C. L. GELL & L. H. PAGE.

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Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

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CHANCEY L. GELL AND LEWIS I-I. PAGE, CATHLAMET, WASHINGTON.

BASKET-HOLDER.

Application filed May 17, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHANGEY L. GELL and LEWIS I-I. PAGE, citizens of the United States, residing at Cathlamet, in the county of Wahkiakum and State of Washington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Basket-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in basket holders.

The invention is particularly directed to a basket holder adapted for the reliable holding of a plurality of berry baskets or other small fruit baskets at the front of the gatherer so that berries may be conveniently removed from the plants or bushes and deposited in the basket and whereby both hands of the gatherer will be free for operation.

A further object of the invention is to construct a basket tray of this character which will readily adjust itself to the various sizes of persons upon which it is ar ranged.

Another object of the invention is to produce a basket holder which shall be of an entirely simple construction, cheap to manufacture and which may be quickly and effectively-secured upon the person of the gatherer or operator and soretained as to permit of the free action of the said operator without danger of spilling the'berries from the baskets in the holder.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of the improvement, Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the improvement, and Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal sectional view through the hinged ends of the members comprising the tray.

As shown in the drawing, the tray comprises two substantially similar members 1 and 2 respectively. These members are segmental in plan and are each provided with continuous flanges 3. The members 1 and 2 at the meeting ends thereof and at the outer edges of the said meeting ends are hingedly connected, as at 4, and this arrangement of the hinge permits of the sections being moved away from each other whereby the tray will accommodate itself to the person of various sized users. The tray at the hinge thereof is provided with a supporting strap Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

Serial No. 98,222.

to receive a hook 11 in the end of the back strap 9. The back strap 9 is adjustable; that is, comprises a plurality of adjustably connected sections as disclosed in the drawings.

The tray is adapted to be positioned upon the person of the wearer above the hip oints whereby the wearer may be permitted to bend or stoop without tilting the tray, the opposite sides of the said baskets frictionally contacting with the opposite flanges of the sections of the tray and being thus held upon the tray.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the

simplicity of the device, as well as the ad-.'

vantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim is:

A berry pickers tray comprising two similar flanged segmental sections which are hingedly connected at their outer meeting edges, a suspending strap secured above the hinge and having an attaching element at the ends, adjustable straps connected with the inner flanges of the tray sections and sesecured to the suspending strap, and an adjustable back strap secured to the outer end flange of one of the tray sections and having an element co-engaging with the end flange of the other section to secure the same to the said section.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

In the presence of H. F. BRADLEY, W. W. HEAD.

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